Passenger-car.



P. N. JONES. PASSENGER CAR. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 17, 1910.

Patented June 21, 1910.

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PASSENGER OAR. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 17, 1910.

' Patented June 21, 1910.

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INVENTOR WITNSSES PEARL N.

JONES, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLYANIA.

PASSENGER-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 17, 1910. Serial No. 544,342,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PEARL N. Jones, of Pittsburg, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Passenger-Cars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,

.111 which-- Figure 1 is a sectional plan view of the front end portion of a passenger car embodying my .invention, with the exit door open; Fig. 2 is a. transverse section on the line II-II of Fig. 1, with the exit door closed; 3 is a detail view; and Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. l but on a smaller scale and showing a modification.

My invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in passenger cars, and is designed to provide a car of increased seating capacity.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel arrangement of the exit passage at the forward end of the car and to provide a novel arrangement of the space or cage for the motorman, controller, brake apparatus, etc.

The nature of my invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, which will now be described, it being premised, however, that various changes can be made in the details of the construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

In these drawings, the numeral 2 designates the floor of the car, which is carried through at the same level to the front end 3 of the car, with sion 4, which is formed at one side to constitute an exit passage as hereinafter more fully described. The car seats are arranged the exception of a depresof the two vertical posts 9, which extend from the floor to the roof of the car, one on each side of the longitudinal center of the car, with curved bars or railin 10 extending forwardly and laterally f i'bm each of these posts, to the front wall 3, the two posts also being connected by a short transverse railingll. A central rearwardly facing seat 12 ma be provided in the rear of the railing 11. ne of the railings 10 is preferably provided with a hinged section 10* normally secured by a latch device 10*, which latch may be released by the motorman and the hinged section dropped down to permit him to leave the cage to throw a switch, or-for other purposes. The stationary portion of this railing member is also preferably provided with the two vertical posts 13 and 14,

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car, the post 14 providing a hand-hold for passengers.

The exit passage 8 leading from the body of the car to the depression 4 preferably has a guard rail 15 at one side adjacent to the seat 12, and also a guard rail 16 adjacent to the forward end of the side seat 7. The depression 4 extends sufficiently below the floor level of the car to form a step, which leads to a second step 17, which is suitably supported from the car frame, and from which the passengers alight, the inner edge of the step 17 ing inset considerably inward from the side line of the car, and its outer edge being preferably substantially coincident with the side line of the car.

18 designates a sliding door, which may be controlled by the motorman in any well known or desired manner. This door extends from the top of the car downwardly to about the level of the depressed floor portion 4, and is provided at its inner side with an inwardly projecting guard 19, which, when the door is closed, as shown in Fig. 2, projects inwardly over the depressed floor portion 4, and prevents the ossibility of anyone stepping from the said floor portion onto the step 17 until the door has been opened. The lower edge of the door is also provided with one or more downwardly extending straps 20 having a bent portion 21 at the lower end, which travels in a suitable guide 22, secured to the step 17, and serving vseat 12 may be added,

' space motion.

of a depressed portion formmg' an exit step and platform, and leading at its outeredge to a second and lower step,'an rearwardly extendin guard side of said depresse portion and separating it from the motormans station, anda guard extending from-the side of the car partially across the inner side of .saidv depressed portion;

'4. In a passenger car, a car floor having near one end of the car and at theside thereof a depressed portion fo an exit step and platform, and leading atits outer'ed e to a second and lower step, and an inwar y and rearwardly extending .side of said depressed portion ing it from the to guide the slidin movement of the door. The lower ed e of t e door is also preferably rovided wit an extension 23, which may he of sheet metal, and which closes the entrance to the step 17 when the door is closed. When the door 15 opened the shield 19 slides backwardly underneath the floor of the car, as indicated. in dotted lines in Fi 1.

- In Fig. 4 I have shown a modi cation in which, instead of extending the side seat \5 into the space at one side of the motormans cage, such seat terminates back ofsuch cage, and the central seat 12- is extended transversely across the car to meet the end of the seat 5. The guard rail 11 is also provided with the transverse extension 10 at the back of the-seat 12", this extension taking the place of the curved guard rail 10 at that side.

By the construction and arrangement of the car as above described, whereby the seats at one side of the car are extended to the extreme forward end thereof, together with the provision of means whereby a central 4 I materially increase the seating capacity of the car. The ar-" rangement of the car railings around the occupied by the motorman and the controller, brake apparatus, &c., effectively prevent the encroachment upon this space by the passengers, and also prevent injury to the pas'sen ers by coming in contact with the contro ler or .brake mechanism.' The door arrangement construction is such that no passenger can leave the car until the door has been-opened, and the outer ste is so guarded as to prevent any possibi ity of anyone jumping thereon while the car is in and separatmotormans station, and the of the motormans station and separated from the said depressed portion b the rear portion of said guard; substantia y as described. 1

5. A passen er car having rearwardlyconverging guar s at the frontend of its interior and inclosing a space or stationfor the motorman, an exit passage at one side of said station, said passage having a depressed floor ortion, the inner edge of which extends ackwardly and inwardly at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the car, and there being an open space station into which the car seats extend; substantially as described.

Y 6. A passenger car having rearwardly converging guards at the front end of its inthe motorman, an exit passage at one 'slde of. said station, there being an open space at the other side of the station into which the car seats extend, together with a central rearwardly facing seat immediately in rear of the said station, and a guard at one side of said seat and between it and the exit pas- ,sa e; substantially-as described.

A passenger car having its forward end within the side lines of the car, a door over the outer edge of said step and arranged to slide rearwardly into a receiving space'in the side wall of the car, and a; depressed floor portion leading to said ste said floor portion having a rearwardly an inwardly extending inner side and being located at one side .of the motormans station; substantially as described.

8.. A assengercar having an exit opening at its forward end atone side, a de- It will be obvious that various changes can be made in the details of construction and arrangement of'the various parts, such as the guard railings, and other details, without departing from my invention,

What I claim 'is:- a I 1. .In a passenger car, a car floor extending at the same level to the extreme front end of the car, and having at one side a depressed ortion forming an exit step, the inner side. of said de ressed ortion extending back-v wardly an inwar y at an angle to the lon- 'tudinal axis of the car; substantially as escribed.

2. In a passenger car, a car floor having near one end of the car and at the side thereof a depressed portion forming an exit step and platform, and leading at its outer edge to a second and lower step, and an inward pressed step portion within the side lines of and rearwardly extendin guard at the inthe car-ad1acentt0 said opening, a sliding ner side of-said depresse portion and sepdoor controlling said opening, and an exit arating it from the motormans station; substep,

f near one end a stantially as the door having an inwardly dprojecting ard ortion adapted to exten over the step .w en the door is closed; substantially 1 as described.

described. 3. In a passenger car,

a car floor having of the car and at the side theremwardly and at the inner guard at the innerv car having a central seat immediately in rear terior and mclosing a space or station for an exit step at substantially as described.

at the other side of the I 9. A passenger car having an exit opening at one side, a slidin door controlling said opening, a depresse step portion, and an exit step, both within the side lines of the car, the door havin a ard portion arranged to extend inwar i; over the exit step when the door is closed, and a uide extenslon projecting downwardly rom the In testnn'on my hand.

Witnesses 11y as described.

guide carried by the y whereof, I have hereunto set H. M.C

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P. N. JONES. 

